Saturday, November 7, 2009

SHADOWGRAM update from MARCY ROBIN

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An Official Internet Publication of SHADOWGRAM -
The Official "Dark Shadows" Published Newsletters
Number 206. November 1, 2009.
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Hello, Dark Shadows Fan,
ShadowGram (SG), The Official Newsletter & News Source for Dark Shadows (DS), announces the following breaking news in this Online News Update "bulletin."
--- OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
"VAMPIRE WEEKEND" - NOV. 13-15 - PALEY MEDIA CENTER-NYC
--- LECTURE ON DAN CURTIS' HORROR TV PRODUCTIONS ON NOV. 2

*** SG UPDATE:
EVENT INFORMATION - DS PART OF "VAMPIRE WEEKEND" AT PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA - NYC
---- SG Update #205 (10-25) premiere-announced the event and this Update provides specific details.
--- SG just received the actual press release for the Paley Center event, It is included in full here.

Dark Shadows at Twilight: A Paley Center Vampire Weekend
Friday, November 13, 2009
to Sunday, November 15, 2009
New York
We are currently in the midst of an explosion in the popularity of vampires, with the Twilight movie franchise and HBO's gothic soap True Blood leading the undead charge-suddenly, it seems, audiences want blood. Why now? Is it the parlous state of the world, economic anxieties, the end result of a morbidly sex-and-youth obsessed popular culture?
The Paley Center for Media has partnered with Entertainment Weekly to explore what's going on. EW's Ken Tucker will moderate a panel of informed fans to debate the relative merits of vampires across media, with special attention to the rankings of the Paley Center's TV Vampire Poll (vote through November 2). A display of EW's coverage of the undead phenomenon will be on view in the Spielberg Gallery through November 15.
And don't miss the screenings of several past PALEYFEST events-with reunions of the casts and creative teams of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, True Blood, and Dark Shadows-along with the uber vamp Nosferatu and Guy Maddin's hypnotic Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary.
Tickets
Screenings are free to Members and $10 (general admission) for nonmembers. No reservations are required.
The Saturday Vampire panel: Free to Members and $10 (general admission) for nonmembers. Reservations are recommended. The first 200 ticket holders will receive fang-tastic vampire giveaways.
Friday Screenings, 2:00 to 4:30 pm
PALEYFEST: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Reunion (2008)
The cast and creative team of Buffy the Vampire Slayer reunite to discuss the groundbreaking series. With Sarah Michelle Gellar and Joss Whedon. [Own a DVD of this event.]
Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horrors (1922)
The German Expressionist silent vampire classic-on the big screen!
Saturday Screenings, 12:00 to 2:30 pm
PALEYFEST: Angel (2001)
Angel's actors, writers, and producers on everybody's favorite brooding Irish bloodsucker. With David Boreanaz and Joss Whedon.
PALEYFEST: True Blood (2009)
The cast and creators of television's hottest vampire series take you behind the scenes of steamy Bon Temps. With Alan Ball, Anna Paquin, and Stephen Moyer.
Saturday Event, 2:30 to 4:00 pm
TV Vampire (s)Takedown
Our panel of expert fans will debate the relative merits of different vampires across media in an appropriately spirited and irreverent fashion. Special attention will be paid to the rankings of TV vamps determined by the Paley Center's TV Vampire Poll (vote through November 2). Come argue for your vamp of choice. Trivia, special gifts, and a bloody good time for all!
Panel:
Angel Cohn, Senior Editor, Television Without Pity
Sammy Buck, Blogger, tvland.com
Chelsea Doyle, Freelance Writer, Starpulse.com
Jim Pierson, Author/Producer, Dark Shadows DVD releases
Moderator: Ken Tucker, Editor-at-Large, Entertainment Weekly
Free to Members and $10 (general admission) for nonmembers. Reservations are recommended. The first 200 ticket holders will receive fang-tastic vampire giveaways!
Sunday Screenings, 2:00 to 4:30 pm
PALEYFEST: Dark Shadows (2001)
Dark Shadows alumni reunited to discuss the classic series. With Alexandra Moltke and creator Dan Curtis.
Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary (2002)
Guy Maddin's visionary ballet based on the Dracula myth.

---- SG Update #204(10-18) encouraged DS fans to visit the Paley Center website to vote for Barnabas Collins in its "TV Vampire (S)Takedown" poll. Voters were asked to help determine "Who is the best bloodsucker, the greatest ghoul, the ultimate undead, your favorite fiend? Stake your vote now in our TV vampire poll!" Voting ends tomorrow, Nov. 2.

--- SG note: This event honored DS during the annual Paley Television Festival in Los Angeles, March, 2001. It brought together many DS cast and crew members to discuss and reminisce about DS. Audience members asked questions and several scene clips screened. This is the only DS event ever attended by Dan Curtis, Kate Jackson,Alexandra Moltke Isles, and Lela Swift (director).
For more information and behind-the-scenes pictures, see SG print issues from that time. These are available from Marcy Robin at SG's e- or postal- mail addresses.

*** LECTURE ABOUT DAN CURTIS' HORROR CAREER, BY DR. JEFF THOMPSON
DS/horror/science fiction fan Jeff did his doctoral thesis on Dan's productions in the genre. It was published this year as "The Television Horrors of Dan Curtis." Jeff, an assistant English professor at Columbia University community college in Nashville, will discuss the book and the impact of Dan's TV projects.
Press release: "Curtis, a popular television producer in the 1960s and 1970s, pioneered a new breed of popular horror shows that were motivated by character, continuing story arcs, and a strong awareness of the genre literature of horror fiction. In Curtis' productions, knowing the background story of the various horror characters was essential to understanding the complex and serpentine plots."
The free lecture is Nov. 2 at 12:30 pm at the Ledbetter Auditorium in the Clement building on Columbia State's Columbia Campus. For more information, contact Mike Darrell at (931) 540-2714 or Stuart Lenig at (931) 540-2877 or slenig@columbiastat e.edu.

*** Fans attending the Paley "Vampire Weekend" or Jeff's talk are invited and encouraged to send their photos and reports plus local media coverage to SG. In this way, fans who cannot attend can share the experience with you. Please send all material to SG's e- or postal- mail addresses at the end of this Update.
*** SHADOWGRAM NOTES:
--- The next print issue newsletter, SG #117, is underway and will expand on the above news items. The issue, subsequent SGs, and future SG Online Updates also will cover all the latest DS-related news, including developments for the 2010 DS Festival convention, to be held July 16-18 at the Marriott Hotel & Convention Center at the Burbank Airport in Burbank, CA.
The hotel is across the street from this international airport, located very close to Los Angeles, Hollywood, and many Southern California attractions. See SG Update #202 (Sept. 6) for more specific details about the event and the area.

--- Please continue to send SG your photos and reports from the 8-14/16 DS Festival convention in Elizabeth (Newark), NJ. You can send hard copy photographs or send images as jpegs at high resolution. Every picture captures a unique moment and each person has an individual experience. In this way, fans who cannot be there with us can share in the weekend fun.
Please also send - at any time - articles, reviews, publicity, or other material you may find about the new DS film, the DS personnel, and DS-related news. Use the SG addresses below.
You will be named as aContributor in upcoming print issues. You also may receive a complimentary Contributor' s Copy for major contributions of information, funds, postage stamps, supplies, publicity, assistance, etc.
**** Subscription information for the ShadowGram Newsletter print issues follows. When your order arrives, I will mail you the current SG #115-#116 Double Issue newsletter to begin / renew your subscription. The next SG #117 and subsequent issues will be sent to you and all postal-mail subscribers as they are published.
**** This Update is posted to the ShadowGram YahooGroup and dispersed by interested fans to various lists, boards, websites, in personal emails, and other online communications. You can join the SG YahooGroup easily at no cost by going to: http://movies. groups.yahoo. com/group/ ShadowGram/
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If you'd like more information on how to become a SG YahooGroup member, please e-mail Marcy Robin at shadowgram1@ yahoo.com
Thank you.
Marcy Robin
ShadowGram Editor / Publisher
P.O. Box 1766
Temple City, CA 91780-7766
Official ShadowGram Website: ShadowGram.com
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